Mompreneurs® Online Launches Nationwide Local Face-to-Face Networking Groups as a Mother's Day Gift for Work-from-Home Moms

The Mompreneurs® are spearheading nationwide local networking groups to promote face-to-face interaction among mom entrepreneurs. More information is available on the community's Local Groups message board at MompreneursOnline.com.

Scarsdale, NY (PRWEB) April 29, 2009 -- Isolation is one of the biggest drawbacks to running a business from home, say Mompreneurs® co-founders Ellen H. Parlapiano and Patricia Cobe. To solve this dilemma, they have built a dynamic and supportive online community where home-based working moms can connect through message boards, blogs and a virtual marketplace. Now the duo feels the time is right to get moms together in "real time" on the local level through their new Mompreneurs® Live! local networking groups.

"MompreneursOnline.com has been very successful in linking like-minded entrepreneurial moms to share their business ideas and tips, startup strategies, work-family balance concerns, and much more," says Cobe, "but nothing beats face-to-face interaction. We've said from the beginning, 'home-based doesn't mean housebound.'" And their active online community members whole-heartedly agree. "We repeatedly get requests to form local groups where moms can meet on a regular basis away from the demands of work and family," Parlapiano adds.

So as a Mother's Day gift for their loyal and widespread community, Cobe and Parlapiano created a blueprint for forming local "Mompreneurs® Live!" networking groups across the country. To get started, interested entrepreneurial moms can connect with others in their town or city by signing up on a dedicated Mompreneurs® Local message board on MompreneursOnline.com. Cobe and Parlapiano will personally work with each group to select a leader and offer feedback and advice. Once the group is formed, each member will receive a kit that includes a free e-book of Mompreneurs® Mantras with motivational tips, a resource packet with promotional Mompreneurs® merchandise, free access to a Mompreneurs Live! online forum and national directory, and exclusive teleconferences and webinars. Annual membership dues are just $25.

The first Mompreneurs Live! group met in March in the Phoenix, Arizona area under the leadership of Tisha Pelletier, owner of Simply Put Marketing Communications. "It was a HUGE success," reports Pelletier. "There was so much energy in the room and the women who attended can't wait to start meeting regularly."

Mompreneurs Live! promises to carry out the legacy started by the Mompreneurs® over ten years ago, when they wrote their first book, Mompreneurs®: A Mother's Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Work-at-Home Success, and popularized and trademarked the catchy word. Cobe and Parlapiano are extremely enthusiastic about expanding their brand and taking this next "step" in nurturing home-based businesswomen by connecting entrepreneurial moms face-to-face.

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